Miss Wagstaff Presents

The EU will hold a special summit on 19 November to decide the new top jobs of EU president and foreign policy chief."The extra informal summit.....

Unemployment in Wales has risen sharply in the three months between July and September, latest figures indicate.The Welsh jobless total increased by 14,000, more than half the increase for the UK as a whole, to 125,000.It was the second consecutive three month period when Wales lost more jobs than...

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) have been criticised for their proposal to cut the jobs of 100 British diplomats serving in some of the most sensitive parts of the world.The FCO's plans will remove up to 134 UK civil servants serving as management officers in UK embassies around the globe...

Perhaps there are simply three legs to any race, even if three's a crowd:Leg 1: Speculation surrounding who will put themselves forward for leadership.Leg 2: Hopefuls dropping out and rallying round their favourite.Leg 3: One contender entering contest to draw support from one camp in order for...

Blaenau Gwent awarded £35 million for learningThe Welsh Assembly Government has awarded Blaenau Gwent £35 million for new, 21st century learning, training and skills centres at The Works: Ebbw Vale.The funding for the exciting Blaenau Gwent ‘Learning Works’ programme was announced by Educa...

Forty thousand businesses in Wales will be hit by higher rates next year, Welsh Conservatives have learned.The Assembly Government's own figures suggest firms across the country will be hit with bigger bills from April, despite ministers claiming to help businesses during the recession.Welsh...

A billion pounds of the annual Welsh health budget is not being spent properly, according to finance chiefs...

Repulsed by Nick Griffin and all he and his party stands for... However, what I saw tonight was not Question Time.Has this programme ever been so dominated by one issue - knocking one panelist? We shouldn't feel bad as Mr Griffin put himself up for ridicule and richly deserved it...

A man has spoken of his relief after a charge of criminal damage to two beef burgers was dropped by magistrates.Stephen Morgan, of Loughor, Swansea, was first arrested for robbery after complaining about the late arrival of two burgers with a pizza order.His solicitor said Mr Morgan faced 20 hours...

Karen Sinclair AM, a former cabinet minister in the Welsh Assembly Government is to stand down at the next elections in 2011...

While we hear news that the number of unemployed people in Wales has gone up by 24,000 - the largest rise of any part of the UK [There are now 130,000 jobless in Wales...

While MPs are experiencing a further grilling over expenses, we find ourselves revisiting a former blog post regarding another development over an old WAG civil servant expenses scandal.An investigation by expert auditors KPMG found 11% of expenses – totalling more than £290,000 – by staff at Inte...

Part 9: A thorough debate, apparently!"The contributions so far have been passionate, forceful from all sides.""We're rarely treated to such cogent, purposeful, flowing debate here [Assembly]? Is it the arena, the issue they're debating, or those debating it?"You have to admire Betsan...

A blast from the past while I read my emails. It's good to return from a family holiday, having survived.Thanks for the photo, Mr Anonymous.